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Karen Schenone: Looking at the iShares app on my iPad this weekend, I was surprised to discover that the iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction ETF (ITB) has been a top performing fund year-to-date. While past performance is certainly not indicative of future returns Read more…
Stocks rallied sharply in the last half hour of the session, to stave off what could have been a second consecutive day of distribution. The late day rally was strong enough for stocks to end the session mixed. The NYSE added 0.2%, while the S&P 500 closed flat Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: In an a low interest rate environment, it was not surprising to see real estate investment trusts (REITs) move up in our ETF rankings over the past few months. Monitoring the health of market leaders is one way to monitor the health of the entire market. Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: A good way to sum up the conflicting signals that the markets are giving from a short-term perspective is to look at our comments from Wednesday. Before the market opened, we posted charts that had a bullish slant. At 2:30 p.m. EDT, we said the session was weaker than it appeared. Read more…
Stocks recovered from significant early losses to finish the day mixed, and well off session lows. Four of the five major indices closed lower on the day but escaped distribution due to the intraday reversal. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) was the strongest index on the day. Read more…
Monday was a good day for Wall Street. Stocks gapped up at the open and never looked back. By the closing bell all five major indices closed more than 1% higher and near session highs. For a second consecutive day the small-cap Russell 2000 Index (INDEXRUSSELL:RUT) led the advance, as it claimed a 2.0% Read more…
Jeff Nielson: Every month, the U.S. propaganda machine plays the same game in the housing sector. It announces “new home starts”. Then a few days later it announces “new home sales”. But it never, ever, ever talks about the two numbers in the same news item. Read more…
Shah Gilani: Forget about optimistic headlines on the housing market. Whether it’s record low mortgage rates, improvement in the Case-Shiller Index, higher housing starts, or any other report, Read more…
David Zeiler: The long-anticipated housing market rebound will hit a speed bump this year as the number of foreclosures rises again. With January’s mammoth $26 billion settlement between five major banks and a group of state attorneys general, foreclosures that had been held up for a year or more are Read more…
Jared Cummans: Few stocks receive more attention from the financial presses than Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), the tech giant that has made a remarkable recovery from life support in the early 1990s to become one of the largest companies in the world. The stock has long been an investor favorite based on Read more…
Stocks ended the session mixed, as large cap issues outperformed. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) set a fresh 52-week closing high on Tuesday as it tacked on 0.7%. The S&P 500 (NYSEArca:SPY) posted a 0.3% gain, while the DJIA (NYSEArca:DIA) eked out a 0.2% advance. The small-cap Russell Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: It was the most atrocious bubble in U.S. history pushing tens of millions of Americans into financial misery. Even today, the last of the lawsuits have yet to be filed. But five years later it’s finally coming back. Read more…
Jared Cummans: Investors cheered as European leaders were able to come to a consensus on a Greek debt deal late yesterday to help the severely indebted nation. The terms will total to a 130 billion euro package marking the second relief funding that the country has received in the past two years. Some Read more…
Stocks ended the session mixed on Friday as volume quickened. Bigger cap issues showed strength as high beta issues struggled. By the closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEArca:DIA) and the S&P 500 (NYSEArca:SPY) posted gains of 0.4% and 0.2% respectively. The S&P MidCap 400 and Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Gloom Boom Doom Report publisher Marc Faber was back on Fox Business, Friday, with his latest thoughts on Greece, China, stocks, U.S. real estate, and some creative Read more…
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